Colin Davis
@ProfColinDavis
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Professor of cognitive psychology researching social change, behaviour change & people's response to climate change. Recovering chess player.
Bristol
Joined August 2014
Nothing is more revealing about who really makes laws in this country than the fact we now have laws to criminalise climate protests that are too noisy but there is no law that would give even a moment's pause to the climate criminals pushing us towards an uninhabitable Earth.
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While I'm here, without wanting to amplify this washed-up war criminal, his intervention highlights how fossil interests are focused on 2nd-order beliefs: trying to control what you think *others* think, to undermine public support for Net Zero policies.
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Tony Blair said attempts to phase out fossil fuels are ‘doomed to fail’
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Returning ever so briefly to say you can now watch Plan Z: From Lab Coats to Handcuffs online. It's about scientists who take part in civil disobedience. Featuring @PerrinAbi @smartyfish @ThierryAaron @StuartBCapstick + some old repeat offender.
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Another professor arrested. Please watch the excellent speech by Prof Bresheeth (linked in @Jonathan_K_Cook's tweet below) and see how the UK is abusing its draconian antiterrorism laws to suppress free speech and criticism of Israeli genocide.
In arresting an Israeli Jewish professor, Haim Bresheeth, for supposedly supporting a "proscribed organisation" (Hamas), the Met have exposed their hand. There is a video of the speech given by Prof Bresheeth at an anti-genocide rally last week. We can all hear for ourselves.
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Respect to @DrJillStein for offering an alternative to genocide & climate collapse. Greens didn't alter the outcome. But suppose they had: If 0.4% of voters choosing a principled stand cost Democrats the election, that's on *them*. They should offer policies people actually want.
We are not going to abandon our opposition to Wall Street and the war machine. This is who we are.
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RT @MarkRuffalo: Thank you Javier Bardem for your decency, your courage, and love for all human beings. You are a beacon of light, amigo. h….
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RT @wikileaks: Britain agrees to give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands - its last African colony - while retaining use of the UK-US mil….
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Here's the longer academic article, published in the journal Protest, which is hopefully accessible, and certainly open access (for the next month).
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"What is worth more -- art or life?".If you think about it, we probably agree. But does anyone reflect on this question posed by activists? Why do we get so triggered by the way they ask it? And will they ever stop?. Article by @alxaraya & me.@JustStop_Oil
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RT @alxaraya: Once again with @ProfColinDavis, we put some words together for @ConversationUK and shared our interpretation on soup, van Go….
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Harsh punishments are unlikely to deter them.
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RT @wikileaks: Breaking: The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly has voted to confirm that Julian Assange was held as a political pr….
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RT @CharlieJGardner: If you get your commentary from X, the Daily Mail or GB News you might get the impression that a lot of people in Bri….
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RT @CharlieJGardner: There's been much said recently about soup throwing and other protests targetting galleries and museums, but little an….
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RT @mcneilwillson: Even as a politics lecturer in a Middle East department, I am lost. Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon doe….
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RT @AllyFogg: If someone is convicted of criminal damage & serves an ordinary sentence for criminal damage, they're an ordinary criminal.….
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RT @ZackPolanski: It's now been 10 days. Will any journalist today ask a Labour representative about the largest donation in their history….
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On Twitter today I'm striking up a conversation with an old guy who spreads climate misinformation. I'm asking him politely when was the last time the percentage of CO2 in the air we breathe was as high as today, and how much higher sea levels were then than they are now.
On a train today from London I struck up a conversation with 2 late teens who wore ‘just stop oil’ t shirts. I asked them politely what is the percentage of CO2 in the air we breathe. X said 15%, Y said nearer 20%. When I told them it is 0.04% they were in disbelief. Brainwashed!.
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RT @ThierryAaron: Hi @michaeljswalker & @AaronBastani thanks for the segment on the sentencing of @JustStop_Oil activists on @novaramedia….
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RT @CharlieJGardner: It's almost like the very purpose of these bots is to make extreme right wing views seem much more popular and mainstr….
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